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gun control is again front and center at the annual conference of mayors, joe biden lobbied for the white house's plan to prevent gun violence. he said the need is urgent and called for action. >> i know we don't have absolute unanimity in this ballroom nor do we in any ballroom, but we all know, everyone acknowledges we have to do something. we have to act. and i hope we're all agreeing there's a need to respond to the carnage on our streets and in our schools. >> president obama laid out a number of proposals and steps he's has taken on gun control. few republicans are outright hostile to his plans with one texas congressman threatening executive impeachment. the nra has denounced the proposals, but they're taking heat over an ad they launched about president obama's daughters and the security they have at their school. the white house called the repugnant and cowardly. that's for you to decide. they blasted the nra. here's what he said. >> to talk about the president's children or any public officer's children who have not by their own choice but by requirement to have protection, and
gun control is again front and center at the annual conference of mayors, joe biden lobbied for the white house's plan to prevent gun violence. he said the need is urgent and called for action. >> i know we don't have absolute unanimity in this ballroom nor do we in any ballroom, but we all know, everyone acknowledges we have to do something. we have to act. and i hope we're all agreeing there's a need to respond to the carnage on our streets and in our schools. >> president obama...
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let me begin by thanking our vice-president, joe biden. and for your dedication, joe, to this issue, and for bringing so many voices to the table. while reducing gun violence is a complicated challenge, protecting our children from harm should not be a divisive one. over the months since the tragedy in newtown we have heard from so many, and he not have effective as more than the families of those gorgeous children and their teachers and guardians who were lost. we are grateful to all of you who are taking the time to be here and recognizing that we honor their memories, in part by doing everything we can to prevent this from happening again. we also heard from some unexpected people. in particular, i started getting a lot of letters from kids. four of them are here today. they are representative of some of the messages i got. these are some pretty smart letters from some pretty smart young people. inna, a third grader, you can go ahead and wave. that is you. [laughter] she wrote, i feel terrible for the parents who lost their children. i
let me begin by thanking our vice-president, joe biden. and for your dedication, joe, to this issue, and for bringing so many voices to the table. while reducing gun violence is a complicated challenge, protecting our children from harm should not be a divisive one. over the months since the tragedy in newtown we have heard from so many, and he not have effective as more than the families of those gorgeous children and their teachers and guardians who were lost. we are grateful to all of you...
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. >> it's an e-book "the president of vice: the autobiography of joe biden." will tracy, visit us here in "the situation room." from time to time. >> absolutely, love to be back, thank you. >> thank you very much. >> he can keep a straight face, that was very good. i clearly am not as good at that. we have here in our very hands, i hope you see it. >> we've got more too. this is the program. >> this is the official invitation. hold it up, vanna. well done. sent to vip members of congress and the official program which was a history, also has a history of the united states capitol inside plus the program of events, of course, on the public inauguration day, which is monday. you can see it right here. it's really, really quite beautiful. >> it's gold. gold glitters here. >> it's gold. >> the honor of your presence is requested at the ceremonies attending the inauguration of the president and vice president of the united states. >> the guy we were just talking about. he'll be here, you'll be here, i'll be here. >> tomorrow we'll be here, sunday we'll be here, mon
. >> it's an e-book "the president of vice: the autobiography of joe biden." will tracy, visit us here in "the situation room." from time to time. >> absolutely, love to be back, thank you. >> thank you very much. >> he can keep a straight face, that was very good. i clearly am not as good at that. we have here in our very hands, i hope you see it. >> we've got more too. this is the program. >> this is the official invitation. hold it up,...
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why joe biden? >> well, i think that there's something about joe biden and our coverage of him that people recognize. he's one of these very comfortable in his own skin. he's a major american figure and that's why we felt this book was important. that's why we asked the vice president to write this book for us. and he made the book, sort of a summary of his major life accomplishments and his career accomplishments, including the first beer he ever drank, his sexual education at the hands of his high school principal, the time he took drugs in a new mexico december cert and met god. we wanted the book to be a well-rounded portrait of who he is and i think that's the book he turned in to us. >> i want to remind some of our viewers, some of the fun that you've poked at joe biden over the years. clearly a lot of material to work with. here's one of the headlines. "biden says, life better than it was four years ago but nothing can change summer of '87." "joe biden hitchhikes to democratic national conven
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biden really carried the ball and did a great job, and the president came through. those are the guys who have to lead. they have got to get nancy pelosi and harry reid to bring along democrats, and we've -- >> harry reid is tough on this. he's pretty pro gun. >> well, he's going to have to listen to his constituents. i think he will. i think you're going to find in all of these places, when i talk to people around the country, there's just enough is enough. you see people who have been big gun rights advocates all of a sudden saying, well, we can't keep doing this. >> mr. mayor, thank you. >> you're welcome. thank you for having me. >> coming up, manti te'o's, a twitter war for the record books and for the ridiculist. ♪ you know my heart burns for you... ♪ i'm up next, but now i'm singing the heartburn blues. hold on, prilosec isn't for fast relief. cue up alka-seltzer. it stops heartburn fast. ♪ oh what a relief it is! >>> time now for the ridiculist. tonight, we're adding the twitter war between donald trump and deadspin. this week, deadspin broke the story
biden really carried the ball and did a great job, and the president came through. those are the guys who have to lead. they have got to get nancy pelosi and harry reid to bring along democrats, and we've -- >> harry reid is tough on this. he's pretty pro gun. >> well, he's going to have to listen to his constituents. i think he will. i think you're going to find in all of these places, when i talk to people around the country, there's just enough is enough. you see people who have...
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. >> in april 2011, the obama administration released through joe biden actually new federal guidelines on how i believe colleges should be responding to these kinds of allegations. and they included speeding up the investigation, offering the investigations or video to the local police, has that changed? do you know if that has been a significant driver of any difference here? >> you know it doesn't seem like it is. just today we learned that unc has a dean that recently retired, accused the school of basically forcing her to under -- misrepresent the number of sexual assaults on campus and say it was much lower than it was because they didn't want their school to look bad. i think what we're dealing with here, there is so much interest in putting up images, that simple little tweaks are not doing the job of getting things better. >> thank you very much for being here tonight and thank you for your work on this. >> thank you. cheating, denied he was a doping ringleader, didn't admit to bullying, and seemed emotionally incapable of sympathy for the people whose lives he ruined and money
. >> in april 2011, the obama administration released through joe biden actually new federal guidelines on how i believe colleges should be responding to these kinds of allegations. and they included speeding up the investigation, offering the investigations or video to the local police, has that changed? do you know if that has been a significant driver of any difference here? >> you know it doesn't seem like it is. just today we learned that unc has a dean that recently retired,...
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he accepted the recommendations of the vice president joe biden. there you see the vice president with the kids as well. let's talk a little bit about what we have just seen. gloria borger is here, john king is with me as well. gloria, first to you. these 23 actions, and they represent everything from issuing a presidential memorandum, to require a federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system, to going ahead and actually nominating a director of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. he has a lot of specifics in here. he could do this without legislation, but the big stuff requires legislation. >> yeah, the big such requires congress to act, as he pointed out. i think what we heard today was a president who said to us, i'm putting everything i've got behind this, i intend to use whatever might this office hold. but he was always president who made it clear that he understands the political realities of all of this, that it's going to be difficult for members on his side of the aisle as well as republ
he accepted the recommendations of the vice president joe biden. there you see the vice president with the kids as well. let's talk a little bit about what we have just seen. gloria borger is here, john king is with me as well. gloria, first to you. these 23 actions, and they represent everything from issuing a presidential memorandum, to require a federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system, to going ahead and actually nominating a director of the...
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host: that was vice president joe biden talking. you can check out his entire appearance on our website, c- span.org. a programming note on this subject today. at 9:00, the johns hopkins university is holding a summit on reducing gun violence in america, including martin o'malley, the governor of maryland, and michael bloomberg, mayor of new york city, co-chair of the mayor's against illegal guns coalition. that is at 9:00 a.m. on c-span 2. now we are going to the democratic line, murray, from brooklyn, n.y. caller: good morning. the last two comments that you read and the vice-president _ my point. we need to look at individual -- underscore my point. we need to look at individual responsibility and gun violence. people who feel they have the right to own guns or published media to -- which shows violence have a firm foundation, but the but -- but the foundation that they cannot stand on is that we must consume this type of material. individual responsibility means do not buy it. if we do not buy it, do not patronize it, it goes ou
host: that was vice president joe biden talking. you can check out his entire appearance on our website, c- span.org. a programming note on this subject today. at 9:00, the johns hopkins university is holding a summit on reducing gun violence in america, including martin o'malley, the governor of maryland, and michael bloomberg, mayor of new york city, co-chair of the mayor's against illegal guns coalition. that is at 9:00 a.m. on c-span 2. now we are going to the democratic line, murray, from...
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. >> you wrote a letter to vice president joe biden and you said while connecticut may have some of the strongest gun control laws in the country, it is not enough. that has to be addressed nationally. what specific points would you like to see included in federal gun legislation? >> well, it is pretty straightforward. number one, nobody should be able to buy a gun in the country without a background check. it is computerized. i can't get on an airplane or you can't get on an airplane without somebody checking to see if we're on a list to see if we should be on there. why should somebody be able to buy a potentially destructive instrument such as a gun, without a background check. and that has to include, we have to be very clear, the loophole is what leads to guns coming to coun connecticut cities from gun shows in florida and virginia and elsewhere, where there is no background check. you can't do that in the state of connecticut. it shouldn't be allowed. and then of course -- >> but the problem with the nra, sorry, go ahead. >> the whole thing with these magazi magazines. you know th
. >> you wrote a letter to vice president joe biden and you said while connecticut may have some of the strongest gun control laws in the country, it is not enough. that has to be addressed nationally. what specific points would you like to see included in federal gun legislation? >> well, it is pretty straightforward. number one, nobody should be able to buy a gun in the country without a background check. it is computerized. i can't get on an airplane or you can't get on an...
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. >> over the past month, vice president joe biden and his task force is met with 229 groups from around the country. biden's task force provided a road map for the long drive ahead. >> while there is no law or set of laws that can prevent every senseless act of violence completely, no piece of legislation that will prevent every tragedy, every act of evil. if there is even one thing we can do to reduce this violence, if there's even one life that can be saved, then we've got an obligation to try it. and i'm going to do my part. >> the president very compelling. he's willing to spend political capital in order to get something done. specific legislative proposals include a system of universal background checks, renewing the assault weapons ban from the clinton era, limiting high capacity magazines to ten bullets, providing more resources to states in reporting criminals and the mentally ill. out lawing armor-piercing bullets and funding, more funding, for police officers around the country. the president also signed 23 executive actions, most of them reinforcing laws already on the books
. >> over the past month, vice president joe biden and his task force is met with 229 groups from around the country. biden's task force provided a road map for the long drive ahead. >> while there is no law or set of laws that can prevent every senseless act of violence completely, no piece of legislation that will prevent every tragedy, every act of evil. if there is even one thing we can do to reduce this violence, if there's even one life that can be saved, then we've got an...
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vice-president joe biden convened a series of meetings to hopefully build a a consensus. the idea is to try to prevent more tragedy like sandy hook, and possibly have ban on assault weapons. it's create fear among many gun owners. >> because obama wants to take everybody's guns away, so they're down here buying ammo, buying guns, getting ready for the next revolution. >> gun show president attended meetings in washington. >> further restrictions on the second amendment are not on the table for discussion. >> he says that is his stand and the nras. he says some consensus was reached as for as background checks for criminal and mental health records but thinks the administration is just having these meetings for show. >> it was constructive dialogue. i think they had their mind made up. >> a task force on guns is expected to present recommendations by the end of the month. templeton says he expectz 8,000 people here to cow palace on sunday, and also expects to sell out of ammunition. reporting live, abc7 news. >> ama: hundreds of people gathered this morning to remember the
vice-president joe biden convened a series of meetings to hopefully build a a consensus. the idea is to try to prevent more tragedy like sandy hook, and possibly have ban on assault weapons. it's create fear among many gun owners. >> because obama wants to take everybody's guns away, so they're down here buying ammo, buying guns, getting ready for the next revolution. >> gun show president attended meetings in washington. >> further restrictions on the second amendment are not...
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sheriff tim mueller sent a letter to vice president joe biden telling him of that. he said thousands support his position on facebook. as you know, president obama has not announced any new laws yet. he won't announce any ideas for new laws for about two hours yet. >>> world bank is backing off its prediction that the global economy will grow by 3% this year. the revised figure is 2% to 4%. officials largely blame the u.s. and europe for the drop. they said political squabbling over the fiscal glif and the upcoming debt ceiling debate pose big risks to the worldwide economy. the ongoing recession in the euro zone also a factor. >>> and winter weather prompts a state of emergency. salt trucks ran all night long to prevent sleet and freezing rain from the roadways and almost a quarter inch of ice formed on power lines and heavy rain is now causing flooding. >>> facebook's new search tool is surrounded by hype, but others think it might be a dude. it's called graph search and it's a way to search through your facebook network for answers. information google cannot acce
sheriff tim mueller sent a letter to vice president joe biden telling him of that. he said thousands support his position on facebook. as you know, president obama has not announced any new laws yet. he won't announce any ideas for new laws for about two hours yet. >>> world bank is backing off its prediction that the global economy will grow by 3% this year. the revised figure is 2% to 4%. officials largely blame the u.s. and europe for the drop. they said political squabbling over...
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. >> chris: joe biden indicated in addition to the legislative action he will suggest to the president that the president can also take executive action but not on the big things like banning guns or universal background checks. what kinds of things do you believe the president can do on an executive action basis, unilateral basis that can make a difference? >> start by ensuring that the federal government, people within the federal government turn over their records also to the background check system. so the defense department needs to do that. >> chris: so more information sharing? >> more information sharing within the government. >> chris: do you have a problem with that kind of executive action? >> i think we are just avoiding the reality we have been moving in the direction that somehow self-defense is not valid and that we can somehow protect ourselves by this background check idea he and in fact background checks wouldn't have stopped most of the last of these ms. murders that have occurred. the gun gets stolen or the person has no background that would have popped up. we have
. >> chris: joe biden indicated in addition to the legislative action he will suggest to the president that the president can also take executive action but not on the big things like banning guns or universal background checks. what kinds of things do you believe the president can do on an executive action basis, unilateral basis that can make a difference? >> start by ensuring that the federal government, people within the federal government turn over their records also to the...
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katy perry kicked off the party hosted by michelle obama and joe biden to honor young americans. >> earlier in the day, the first family participated in the national day of service. tonight, several states are celebrating. oklahoma went red for mitt romney, but their party tonight is a bipartisan celebration of the presidency. >> it does not matter if we agree politically. we are all here because we love our country and we love the political system. >> rock stars like common tonight are d.c. dignitaries. he worked hard on this campaign and knows who he wants to dance with. >> i got a go with michelle obama. she is an incredible woman. she is from ch>> the message from these celebrities young voters can make a difference. >> do know the facts. get up and do it is cool right now, that is vote. the same thing that got obama to be president two times. that momentum. the people are going to create new demand. >> all of the people who worked so hard to get him elected, this is a way to say thank you. >> we gave, and a choice, did he want to dance with michelle obama or beyoncÉ? he left no doubt,
katy perry kicked off the party hosted by michelle obama and joe biden to honor young americans. >> earlier in the day, the first family participated in the national day of service. tonight, several states are celebrating. oklahoma went red for mitt romney, but their party tonight is a bipartisan celebration of the presidency. >> it does not matter if we agree politically. we are all here because we love our country and we love the political system. >> rock stars like common...
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. >> president obama and vice president joe biden will take the oaths privately sunday and take the public oath in front of the nation on monday. >>> a handful of lucky students from the bay area enjoying the honor of attending monday's presidential inauguration. students with the youth video corps at the media center in palo alto getting tickets. the teens being rewarded for producing videos about their own community and will get a chance to hit the road on(1[ historic working trip. >> we know we will be interviewing elected officials, working on maybe trying to get into the white house. will be at the ceremonies. >> how exciting. the teen will be plblogging for the media center and southwest airlines paying for the air fare. and abdul banafa, a college student who won tickets from congressman mike honda's office in a facebook contest. >>> surf's up at the mavericks surf competition happening this sunday. waiting a long time for this one 24 of the world's best surfers riding monster waves at half moon bay. christie smith joins us live from san mateo county with more on what everyone can e
. >> president obama and vice president joe biden will take the oaths privately sunday and take the public oath in front of the nation on monday. >>> a handful of lucky students from the bay area enjoying the honor of attending monday's presidential inauguration. students with the youth video corps at the media center in palo alto getting tickets. the teens being rewarded for producing videos about their own community and will get a chance to hit the road on(1[ historic working...
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let me begin my thanking our vice president joe biden for your dedication, joe, to this issue, for bringing so many different voices to the table, because while reducing gun violence is a complicated challenge, protecting our children from harm shouldn't be a devisive one. over the month since the tragedy in newtown we've heard from so many, and obviously none have affected us more than the families of those gorgeous children and their teachers and guardians who were lost, and so we are grateful to all of you for taking the time to be here and recognizing that we honor their memories in part by doing everything we can to prevent this from happening again. but we also heard from some unexpected people, in particular i started getting a lot of letters from kids. four of them are here today, grant fritz, julia stokes, hina zeha. and taja good. they are pretty representative of some of the messages that i got. these are some pretty smart letters from some pretty smart young people. hina, a third grader. you can go ahead and wave, hina, that's you. she wrote, i feel terrible for the parents who
let me begin my thanking our vice president joe biden for your dedication, joe, to this issue, for bringing so many different voices to the table, because while reducing gun violence is a complicated challenge, protecting our children from harm shouldn't be a devisive one. over the month since the tragedy in newtown we've heard from so many, and obviously none have affected us more than the families of those gorgeous children and their teachers and guardians who were lost, and so we are...
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>> joe, today vice president biden delivered his plan to the president just a month after the newtown shootings and among the top recommendations that the president will unveil tomorrow we're told are enhanced background checks for gun sales of all kinds. the president has outlined two types of paths forward for the president. he has told legislators that he is going to give the president 19 different executive actions that the president can take essentially on his own without any congressional action and this could include better enforcement. keeping data on where the guns are. the government stopped keeping those records in 2004 and improving the background check system. so there's more sharing of information. joe, the other path forward would be congressional action and we're told that the president will push for an assault weapons ban and expansion of the gun sales of all kinds. even if i tried to sell you a gun privately, that would require a background check and then limit the sale of high-capacity magazines. those are some of the major issues. we expect to hear the president ou
>> joe, today vice president biden delivered his plan to the president just a month after the newtown shootings and among the top recommendations that the president will unveil tomorrow we're told are enhanced background checks for gun sales of all kinds. the president has outlined two types of paths forward for the president. he has told legislators that he is going to give the president 19 different executive actions that the president can take essentially on his own without any...
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>>> tomorrow night on the heels of the one-month anniversary of the massacre at sandy hook, joe biden hands his recommendations on gun violence, i'll host a live one-hour special. "guns in america." i'll be talking to people on both sides, including maryland attorney general beau biden who says military style assault weapons have no place on the streets, his own brother is a casualty of gun violence that says that the victims in newtown are being used by propaganda. the families of the victims of the aurora movie theater massacre. be part of a live audience in my new york city studio. go to my website for details. that's all for us tonight. "ac 360" starts now. >>> piers, thanks. good evening, it's 10:00 in newtown, connecticut. one month ago, tragedy touched down in his idyllic town, forever changing the lives of so many people here. one month later, the crowds, reporters, and law enforcement personnel are gone, but the pain for many families here remain. for the first time in the town hall behind me, family members of 11 victims of the tragedy had a conversation, about health, schoo
>>> tomorrow night on the heels of the one-month anniversary of the massacre at sandy hook, joe biden hands his recommendations on gun violence, i'll host a live one-hour special. "guns in america." i'll be talking to people on both sides, including maryland attorney general beau biden who says military style assault weapons have no place on the streets, his own brother is a casualty of gun violence that says that the victims in newtown are being used by propaganda. the...
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barack obama, joe biden and their gun ban allies in it congress only want to blame you, vilify you, bully you and strip you of your second amendment freedoms. nra president david keen made these slippery slope argument that has become all too familiar from them. this morning on the "today" show. >> you get into the sort of bidding match. they say we shouldn't have a 30-round magazine or 20-round. the president says let's have a ten. the governor of new york says well, i can top that, we'll have a seven-round magazine. >> but did the nra go too far by invoking president obama's daughters, even before he spoke in a video attack? keene defended the decision this morning with savannah. >> it wasn't about the president's daughters. what it is about is the fact that -- >> the ad does mention the president's daughters. >> it's how to keep children safe. >> finally, as we gear up for the president's second inaugustration, are we better off than we were four years ago? the answer depends on the statistics you pick. there are plenty of numbers suggesting that the country is on more solid footing th
barack obama, joe biden and their gun ban allies in it congress only want to blame you, vilify you, bully you and strip you of your second amendment freedoms. nra president david keen made these slippery slope argument that has become all too familiar from them. this morning on the "today" show. >> you get into the sort of bidding match. they say we shouldn't have a 30-round magazine or 20-round. the president says let's have a ten. the governor of new york says well, i can top...
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. >>> vice president joe biden has given his ideas to the president on how to curb gun violence in the country. now mr. obama is expected to announce his plan tomorrow. he will need congressional support for some things but as danielle nottingham reports he may not for others. >> reporter: air force veteran mike emerson uses his trip to this northern virginia gun range to unwild. >> all i do is [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: besides a handgun, he also fires a semi-automatic assault weapon at the range. he says reinstating the assault weapons ban won't stop criminals from getting the gun. it will only keep it from people who obey the law. >> people who are responsible like me will not be able to do with we like to do safely. >> reporter: president obama is going over recommendations to curb gun violence with the vice president today. as early as wednesday, he could announce his proposals but some are already meeting resistance here on capitol hill. republicans led a reading of the constitution on the house floor today. >> the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infrin
. >>> vice president joe biden has given his ideas to the president on how to curb gun violence in the country. now mr. obama is expected to announce his plan tomorrow. he will need congressional support for some things but as danielle nottingham reports he may not for others. >> reporter: air force veteran mike emerson uses his trip to this northern virginia gun range to unwild. >> all i do is [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: besides a handgun, he also fires a...
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president, first lady and vice president joe biden all participating in service projects in the d.c. area today and calling on all americans to join community events across the country. molly henneberg is live in washington with more. >> molly: there are two parts of this day of service. it's a kickoff to the inauguration weekend and always way to celebrate a couple of days early dr. martin luther king day. president obama and his family went to an elementary school in washington to help with the school makeover project. here you see the president and mrs. obama looking at bookshelf. they talked about the importance of this day. >> this inauguration, we're going to be -- it's a symbol of how our democracy work and how we peacefully transfer power but it should be an affirmation we're all in this together. >> molly: the vice president and his family participated in the national day of service. they filled care packages for deployed servicemen and women. mr. biden says the troops overseas that we remember them. the area around the washington monument there were opportunities for people
president, first lady and vice president joe biden all participating in service projects in the d.c. area today and calling on all americans to join community events across the country. molly henneberg is live in washington with more. >> molly: there are two parts of this day of service. it's a kickoff to the inauguration weekend and always way to celebrate a couple of days early dr. martin luther king day. president obama and his family went to an elementary school in washington to help...
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this is joe biden's official twitter account referring to the onions, joe biden, the onions joe biden has written an autobiography. this is the actual joe biden teasing them about the transam that the onion says he likes. but i do wonder, how much distance do you think? what are the things we get wrong about the vice president from the perspective of hthis caricature? >> i think we get a lot wrong. there's an inside and outside. fraeg, i was his chief economists. me insisted on knowing as much as anybody in the room for any meeting. we would have briefings where he would go so far down into the weeds i would be running for help eventually from research assistants. every time we went to a state which you do a lot with the state, he wanted to know about the economy in great detail. he does massive preparation and i think when he sits down at a table to say, do a fiscal deal one of the reasons he's able to close that deal is because, a, he has decades of experience in compromise which some of these kids today up there don't really know much about. and he understands the granularity of th
this is joe biden's official twitter account referring to the onions, joe biden, the onions joe biden has written an autobiography. this is the actual joe biden teasing them about the transam that the onion says he likes. but i do wonder, how much distance do you think? what are the things we get wrong about the vice president from the perspective of hthis caricature? >> i think we get a lot wrong. there's an inside and outside. fraeg, i was his chief economists. me insisted on knowing as...
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joe biden opened up by saying that schools should be a sanctuary. well, he must have this confused, because the president's girls do go to a sanctuary, well-armed there, but most american kids are not protected at all. >> you don't think the president's children should be off limits? >> i think she should be protected and i think our children should be. i have seven school-aged children. i would hope and pray there would be a teacher like a joel mirich who in pearl, mississippi, stopped a shooting in its tracks. that's how you stop it, not cowering in fear waiting 10, 15, 20 minutes. >> the question occurs, is it over the line for the nra to put up a web video addressing the issue of the president's children having secret service protection? >> why is it over the line for the nra to talk about children but not over the line for the president to bring in children? that's the disconnect. >> because the parents who are with those children in the white house complex today brought their children, their children wrote to the president, and they were volun
joe biden opened up by saying that schools should be a sanctuary. well, he must have this confused, because the president's girls do go to a sanctuary, well-armed there, but most american kids are not protected at all. >> you don't think the president's children should be off limits? >> i think she should be protected and i think our children should be. i have seven school-aged children. i would hope and pray there would be a teacher like a joel mirich who in pearl, mississippi,...
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also vice president joe biden and his family greeted supporters at the latino inaugural party. >> hundreds of thousands are gathering on the national mall to see history being made. >> and while officials say right now there is no credible threat, security, as you can imagine, is once again extremely tight. >> reporter: they will be everywhere, snipers dotting roof tops, the coast guard patrolling waterways, military fighter jets enforcing a no-fly zone. 13,000 security personnel blanketing the washington mall. >> protecting an event this large, this complex with this number of people coming requires a lot of coordination and a lot of organization. >> reporter: all coordinating here. the multiagency communications center overseen by the secret service at an undisclosed location. they'll monitor surveillance images and potential threats. the 2009 inauguration was a logistical nightmare, hundreds of ticketholders getting stuck in this tunnel. authorities say this time it will be better. >> there will be such a different feel when you come down this time for the inauguration. there is extensi
also vice president joe biden and his family greeted supporters at the latino inaugural party. >> hundreds of thousands are gathering on the national mall to see history being made. >> and while officials say right now there is no credible threat, security, as you can imagine, is once again extremely tight. >> reporter: they will be everywhere, snipers dotting roof tops, the coast guard patrolling waterways, military fighter jets enforcing a no-fly zone. 13,000 security...
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on same sex marriage because it didn't seem -- there was no precise trigger other than joe biden going on a national t.v. show. so many things began to accelerate. there is a tipping point that makes it harder to oppose some of these proposals that i think you and i have been supporting for a long time but suddenly the opposition finds itself in a very awkward position and things begin to happen. >> follow eliot spitzer on the twitter@elliottspitzer. i was at the news conference on monday where the president said basically his message was: we are the united states of america. we are not a deadbeat nation. we have to pay our bills. is he winning this debt ceiling battle? i know you have written about this on slate. >> i think he is winning intel correct annually and emotional and probably politically with the public but it remains to be seen what congress is going to do. we haven't seen a lot of engagement with congress yet. the debt ceiling somewhere between february 15th and the end of february, early march. we don't know quite exactly where it will be. we don't know whether john boeh
on same sex marriage because it didn't seem -- there was no precise trigger other than joe biden going on a national t.v. show. so many things began to accelerate. there is a tipping point that makes it harder to oppose some of these proposals that i think you and i have been supporting for a long time but suddenly the opposition finds itself in a very awkward position and things begin to happen. >> follow eliot spitzer on the twitter@elliottspitzer. i was at the news conference on monday...
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i love joe biden but not quite as much as jennifer does. someone is always in our war room. check us out on current.com/war room. have a great night, have a wonderful weekend and tun in to our inauguration coverage on monday. [ ♪ music ] >> welcome to "the young turks," i'm the other half of the largest online news show in the world, and tonight i'm here to show you why. yes, it's go time, but it is also my time. [ ♪ theme music ] >> on today's show we have some very important topics, but one of the most important topics is the assault on women's rights and reproductive rights. now it's the 40th anniversary of roe v. wade, and the republicans have a very perverse way of showinshowingshowing it. throughout the show to help me talk about these issues is michael shure, our epic politics man, and also michael hastings, thank you for joining us, gentlemen. >> of course, thank you for having me. >> of course. >> before we get to our conversation let me tell you what the issue is today with reproductive rights. we're seeing stories and reports from the national advocates of pre
i love joe biden but not quite as much as jennifer does. someone is always in our war room. check us out on current.com/war room. have a great night, have a wonderful weekend and tun in to our inauguration coverage on monday. [ ♪ music ] >> welcome to "the young turks," i'm the other half of the largest online news show in the world, and tonight i'm here to show you why. yes, it's go time, but it is also my time. [ ♪ theme music ] >> on today's show we have some very...
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yesterday joe biden defended the white house's gun control initiative by saying that he actually has two guns himself. and biden was like, and i never leave home without them. [ laughter ] joe, that doesn't make it, why? >> steve: why would he do that? >> jimmy: this week was the season premiere of "american idol." you guys watching "american idol?" [ cheers ] good. and what they are doing this year. they are having people that they are able to nominate their talented friends who don't want to audition, yeah. making someone try out for something they don't really want, or as republicans call that, the romney plan, and it's just -- [ laughter ] hey, listen to this, you guys. the original batmobile from the 1960s "batman" series is expected to sell for $5 million at an auction this weekend. so if you've got $5 million and you want to look like batman, why not just become batman. [ laughter ] make a cave out of papier-mache in your garage. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: like a male escort to come over and dress like -- i don't know how that would work. i've never seen "batman." i don't know
yesterday joe biden defended the white house's gun control initiative by saying that he actually has two guns himself. and biden was like, and i never leave home without them. [ laughter ] joe, that doesn't make it, why? >> steve: why would he do that? >> jimmy: this week was the season premiere of "american idol." you guys watching "american idol?" [ cheers ] good. and what they are doing this year. they are having people that they are able to nominate their...
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their voices should compel us to change that is why this month i wanted joe biden and members of the congress to try to come up with some steps and we can take right now. this is a way for us to keep our children safe. one to prevent mass shootings and to reduce the academic of gun violence in this country. >> we cannot put this off any longer. just last thursday a tv network was filming one of joe's a meeting on this topic. the news broke of a another shooting in california. in the month 28 precious moments and six adults were taken away from us as sandy the elementary school. more than 900 of our fellow americans have died at the hands of 900. this has happened within the past month. everyday we wait and this number keeps growing. i am putting forth a set of proposals based upon the work of joe's task force. in the days ahead i intend to use any way that i can to make it reality. while there is no law or set of laws that can prevent any senseless act of violence. no piece of legislation can stop or prevent every tragedy or every act of evil from happening if there is even one thing
their voices should compel us to change that is why this month i wanted joe biden and members of the congress to try to come up with some steps and we can take right now. this is a way for us to keep our children safe. one to prevent mass shootings and to reduce the academic of gun violence in this country. >> we cannot put this off any longer. just last thursday a tv network was filming one of joe's a meeting on this topic. the news broke of a another shooting in california. in the month...
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immigration and the debt ceiling while vice president joe biden finalizes his recommendation on gun control. tracie potts is in washington for us. it's a busy week ahead. >> reporter: absolutely. as the rehearsals are under way for this new ration the senate turns its focus to these confirmation hearings. chuck hagel raising a lot of questions with democrats and republicans, no date set for those hearings yet. president obama, those confident that he will be confirmed. meantime the debt and the debt ceiling that we're about to hit again in february, the house is back in session today. they got to address that. republicans pushing for spending cuts at this time could include social security and today vice president biden sits down with cabinet members and members of congress to finalize his recommendation for gown control. we'll present them to the president tomorrow likely to include universal background checks. >> no sleep for you over the next week, right? thank you so much. tracie potts in washington, d.c. >>> former secretary of state colin powell is speaking out on nbc's "meet the pres
immigration and the debt ceiling while vice president joe biden finalizes his recommendation on gun control. tracie potts is in washington for us. it's a busy week ahead. >> reporter: absolutely. as the rehearsals are under way for this new ration the senate turns its focus to these confirmation hearings. chuck hagel raising a lot of questions with democrats and republicans, no date set for those hearings yet. president obama, those confident that he will be confirmed. meantime the debt...
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the president is still reviewing recommendations from the gun task force led by vice president joe biden. >>> meanwhile state lawmakers in new york are expected to pass the nation's most restricted gun laws to date. the measure has already passed the state senate and is now before the new york assembly increasing sentences for gun christ, ban internet sales of assault weapons and make it a misdemeanor for failing to safely store a weapon. governor andrew cuomo supports it. >>> marin county is having a gun buy-back event at several locations today between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. today. the locations are the police station in san rafael, larkspur, novato and point reyes station as well as saint andrew's church in marin city. people can turn in operable semi-automatic firearms in exchange for $200 and others will go for $100. >>> san jose has a new acting police chief. deputy chief larry esquivel will be the interim chief as chris moore retires friday. he has been with the san jose police department now for 27 years. he has been deputy chief since last february commanding the bureau of field ope
the president is still reviewing recommendations from the gun task force led by vice president joe biden. >>> meanwhile state lawmakers in new york are expected to pass the nation's most restricted gun laws to date. the measure has already passed the state senate and is now before the new york assembly increasing sentences for gun christ, ban internet sales of assault weapons and make it a misdemeanor for failing to safely store a weapon. governor andrew cuomo supports it. >>>...
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conference of mayors, please join me in welcoming back our great friend, vice president joe biden. [applause] >> thank you are a match. please be seated. [applause] thank you all very, very much. an honor to be back with you. i'd like to begin by acknowledging to delaware anterior that are very engaged in the subject as well. while i've known for years and years. he is now our new mayor, dennis william. i don't know where you are a very, but welcome to the conference, old buddy. great to have you. denis and i go back to the days writing the crime bill when dennis was a police officer in the city of wilmington. also the chief law enforcement who've i've known even longer share the same last name. the attorney general and i found when i do whatever he says because he is the power power to indict. [laughter] all kidding aside, i'm proud of my home state has ceased to stay in the senate come a point of personal privilege the progress they make in the leadership of jack markel, our governor on the very subject you talked about. i say dennis, you'll forgive me if occasionally i'm so used
conference of mayors, please join me in welcoming back our great friend, vice president joe biden. [applause] >> thank you are a match. please be seated. [applause] thank you all very, very much. an honor to be back with you. i'd like to begin by acknowledging to delaware anterior that are very engaged in the subject as well. while i've known for years and years. he is now our new mayor, dennis william. i don't know where you are a very, but welcome to the conference, old buddy. great to...
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there is no press conference or joe biden when the children were dying in chicago every weekend. but a bunch of killed are killed then we have to change the world to make them believe any of them would save there child's life that is what is sad go get a guard for your school will also need to think about culture and really having a conversation not a two week implementation of the of biden on. gerri: wall said. i appreciate it. what do you think? does obama want to get rid of the second amendment? log on at gerriwillis.com. more coming up the apple stock seems to be in free fall costing you even if you don't own a single share. mr. president what have you done for me lately? stay with me. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you turn an entrepreneur's dream... ♪ into a scooter that talks to the cloud? ♪ or turn 30-million artifacts... ♪ into a high-tech masterpiece? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. gerri: obama they've put rise on gun-control busy doing enough about mental health? we have dr. keith ablow. they gi
there is no press conference or joe biden when the children were dying in chicago every weekend. but a bunch of killed are killed then we have to change the world to make them believe any of them would save there child's life that is what is sad go get a guard for your school will also need to think about culture and really having a conversation not a two week implementation of the of biden on. gerri: wall said. i appreciate it. what do you think? does obama want to get rid of the second...
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we know there will be 19 separate executive orders that joe biden the vice president has proposed to the president and he'll be culling through those and unveiling those. one thing to be discussed is armed security in public schools. here at this elementary school they have them underway. in fact the idea the notion to do it at the 14 schools in this district actually originated before the sandy hook tragedy now more than a month ago in newtown, connecticut. we talked to the mayor about this yesterday writ is indeed apparently a warmly received idea and policy with perhaps only one exception, listen. >> i believe there was only maybe one family that felt that that was the wrong decision. the others certainly agreed with that. butler school district has over 8,000 students, so i think they feel confident that, you know, that butler is taking the steps to protect the children as much as that is humanly possible. >> reporter: and when you consider that there are some almost 500 school district in pennsylvania and well over a hundred have had or are now implementing some sort of armed se
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it's part of a package put together by vice president joe biden and his white house task force. senior administration officials tell nbc news the biggest proposals will include universal background checks and a ban on high-capacity magazines. that's anything that carries more than ten rounds of ammunition. the president's also expected to ask congress to reinstate the assault weapons ban. as for possible executive orders, the president is expected to seek aggressive prosecution for those who break existing laws. for example, people who lie during background checks. the white house says the president will be joined by children from around the country who wrote letters to him following the newtown shootings. we're about to show, joe, because i still can't believe it, the ad that the nra has put out in the middle of this national conversation. but first, what do you think the president's chances are of being successful at getting this sled legislation through? >> well, it depends. we're on ever-shifting ground. things changed an awful lot after newtown. even the polls over the past
it's part of a package put together by vice president joe biden and his white house task force. senior administration officials tell nbc news the biggest proposals will include universal background checks and a ban on high-capacity magazines. that's anything that carries more than ten rounds of ammunition. the president's also expected to ask congress to reinstate the assault weapons ban. as for possible executive orders, the president is expected to seek aggressive prosecution for those who...
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. >>> vice president joe biden turned in his recommendations for new gun control measures today after he met with the gun control task force. some of the considerations are tighter back ground checks, ban on assault weapons. the president offered an update. >> my starting point is not to worry about the politics. my starting point is to focus on what makes sense. what works. what should we be doing to make sure our children are safe. and we are reducing gun violence. >> this debate comes one month after the sandy hook elementary school massacre. president obama hopes to unveil a road map for curving gun violence in days. >> jackie spear is calling on the president to act independently of congress. >> i recommend he do by executive action because i am not confident this congress is going going to have the guts to do what is right. >> she was one of 12 democrats who met with vice president joe biden this among discuss thew prevent gun violence. she survived being shot several times during a visit to giana 30 years ago. >>> san francisco's muni paid out $55 million in over time pay. muni
. >>> vice president joe biden turned in his recommendations for new gun control measures today after he met with the gun control task force. some of the considerations are tighter back ground checks, ban on assault weapons. the president offered an update. >> my starting point is not to worry about the politics. my starting point is to focus on what makes sense. what works. what should we be doing to make sure our children are safe. and we are reducing gun violence. >>...
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announced by president obama and vice president joe biden this week. no doubt, the american people are on their side. latest poll out this morning by the "new york times" and cbs, 92% of americans supporting the universal background checks. sixty-three per se percent, 53% supporting a ban on assault weapons. everybody is for these things except the nra and the gun manufacturers. but who is fueling and funding the gun manufacturers? >> one big question congress may be looking at but bill de de blazio, the public advocate is ahead of these. he is on this case and joins us this morning on our news line. mr. public advocate, good to have you back on the show. >> hi, bill. >> hi, bill. thank for having me. >> we know that the nra -- right, is the lobby now nothing but the lobby for the gun manufacturers. who is behind the gun manufacturers? what have you found. >> who is behind the nra? the gun manufacturers. the nra has that chokehold on the political process and the legislative process in view of house they pointed that out. who is funding the gunfire ind
announced by president obama and vice president joe biden this week. no doubt, the american people are on their side. latest poll out this morning by the "new york times" and cbs, 92% of americans supporting the universal background checks. sixty-three per se percent, 53% supporting a ban on assault weapons. everybody is for these things except the nra and the gun manufacturers. but who is fueling and funding the gun manufacturers? >> one big question congress may be looking at...
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biden did and the nra brought up the fact that prosecutions for gun crimes and prosecutions for people who fill out -- lie on their registration forms or gun forms are down under this administration and the vice president responded we don't have time to devote to see whether people fill out a form right. well, wait a minute. they're asking for more forms and saying they don't have the time to fill out -- to check -- are they serious about this or is this just about politics? >> well, first of all, let's be clear about why there has been fewerenforcements, the head of the atf said there is a failure to confirm because the nra has objected and they have objected to reasonable pragmatic solutions and that's what this is all about. this is not about taking people's guns away. it's about a narrow set of proposals that will enable us to help enforce the existing gun laws, the ban on assault weapons and a ban on high-capacity magazines and even a ban on armor piercing bullets. are overwhelmingly supported by the citizenry. 50% of men, 57% -- 59% of women support an assault ban, assault weapon
biden did and the nra brought up the fact that prosecutions for gun crimes and prosecutions for people who fill out -- lie on their registration forms or gun forms are down under this administration and the vice president responded we don't have time to devote to see whether people fill out a form right. well, wait a minute. they're asking for more forms and saying they don't have the time to fill out -- to check -- are they serious about this or is this just about politics? >> well,...
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. >> and one many onth to the day since at sault, joe biden will meet with representatives to gather policy proposals on gun violence. the vice president's final recommendations are expected to be announced on tuesday. >>> also in the house of representatives debate begins today on two bills address superstorm sandy relief. congress passed $9 billion in aid last week. the states and president are asking for another $50 billion. one of the house plans, however, calls for just $17 billion in what it calls emergency aid. >>> the week getting off to a really soggy start in some parts of the country. heavy rain and flooding wash out roads in parts of west tennessee. public schools and three counties are closed today because buses couldn't get to the students. and the national weather service saying an ef-tornado hit near paducah, kentucky, on saturday. it destroyed one church and blew the steeple off another. we want to check in with alexandra steel. >> good morning you to guys. here it is. here's the cold front. along it is all the rain. you saw that flooding in western tennessee. now th
. >> and one many onth to the day since at sault, joe biden will meet with representatives to gather policy proposals on gun violence. the vice president's final recommendations are expected to be announced on tuesday. >>> also in the house of representatives debate begins today on two bills address superstorm sandy relief. congress passed $9 billion in aid last week. the states and president are asking for another $50 billion. one of the house plans, however, calls for just $17...
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so the television program featuring joe biden only needs 2700 more signatures. and now the question becomes will this new threshold discourage the voiceless from adding their very important petition to the list on the website? will we no longer see petitions like bring back 3 ddoritos or consolidate the department of defense and the census bureau into a single department of
so the television program featuring joe biden only needs 2700 more signatures. and now the question becomes will this new threshold discourage the voiceless from adding their very important petition to the list on the website? will we no longer see petitions like bring back 3 ddoritos or consolidate the department of defense and the census bureau into a single department of